The Detroit Tigers Hank Greenberg re-wrote the record books during my 1938 asplayed replay. Greenberg won the AL MVP by leading the Tigers to a 1st place finish while shattering the ML HR and RBI records. He ended up with 86 HR and 216 RBI! I've never had anyone perform to this level in all my years of playing SOM baseball.
If not for Greenberg, Boston's Jimmy Foxx would have gotten all the attention this year and won the Triple Crown. He also broke the former HR record by hitting 63, won the batting title with a .392 BA and finished 2nd in RBI with 178.
Cleveland's Bob Feller won the Cy Young Award by going 21-10, with 249 K's and an ERA of 3.58. New York's Lefty Gomez finished a very close 2nd in the award voting by going 21-6,with a 2.80 ERA, and 117 K's.
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1938 American League Date: 10/3/1938
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1938 DEA 95 59 J.Foxx BOA .392 H.Greenbe DEA 86 H.Greenbe DEA 216
1938 NYA 86 66 B.Myer WAA .372 J.Foxx BOA 63 J.Foxx BOA 178
1938 BOA 81 68 B.Chapman BOA .360 R.York DEA 43 J.Heath CLA 121
1938 CLA 82 70 H.Trosky CLA .339 H.Clift SLA 42 C.Gehring DEA 121
1938 WAA 77 74 B.Dickey NYA .338 OTHERS TIED W 31 R.York DEA 121
1938 PHA 63 89
1938 CHA 61 87 WINS SAVES ERA
1938 SLA 60 92 B.Feller CLA 21 S.Coffman DEA 14 L.Gomez NYA 2.80
L.Gomez NYA 21 A.McKain BOA 10 S.Chandle NYA 3.06
J.Allen CLA 18 J.Murphy NYA 10 J.Allen CLA 3.37
M.Harder CLA 17 J.Humphri CLA 9 B.Feller CLA 3.58
D.Leonard WAA 17 OTHERS TIED W 8 M.Pearson NYA 3.67
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
B.Chapman BOA 13 F.Crosett NYA 36 B.Feller CLA 249
R.Rolfe NYA 9 L.Lary CLA 26 B.Newsom SLA 222
D.Lodigia PHA 9 B.Lewis WAA 19 R.Ruffing NYA 138
M.Almada SLA 9 B.Werber PHA 18 J.Allen CLA 137
OTHERS TIED W 8 B.Chapman BOA 17 L.Mills SLA 128
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